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Nt 632 Exegesis Of Philippians, James Miller

Syllabi

1. For those with Comprehensive Greek, either the UBS 4 or NA 27 Greek New Testament For those with Concise Greek, a Greek/English interlinear using one of the recommended English translations cited below and a Greek version cited above. 2. A modern translation of the New Testament (NRSV, RSV, TNIV recommended; not acceptable KJV, NKJV or paraphrases such as the NLB or the Message) 3. Stephen Fowl. Philippians. Two Horizons Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. 4. Richard B. Hays. The Moral Vision of the New Testament. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1996. We will begin reading from HaysÕ book right away. …

Book Notes, Michael A. Rynkiewich, Kenneth J. Collins, Marcella Hoesl, Howard A. Snyder

The Asbury Journal

Matt Tomlinson

In God's Image: The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity

2009 Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press

Reviewed by Michael A. Rynkiewich

S. T. Kimbrough Jr. and Kenneth G. C. Newport, eds.

The Manuscript Journal of the Reverend Charles Wesley, M.A. Vols. 1,2

2008. Nashville: Kingswood Books

John R. Tyson

Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley

2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans

Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins

Brian Stanley

The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910

Studies in the History of Christian Missions

2009. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans

Reviewed by Marcella Hoesl

Geordan Hanunond …

Ot 611 Exegesis Of Exodus, Brian D. Russell

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John I. Durham. Exodus. WBC. Waco: Word, 1987. Terrence E. Fretheim. Exodus. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1991. Michael Walzer. Exodus and Revolution T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity, 2002. Arnold, Bill and John Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge University Press. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner. Grand Rapids, Mich.: …

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, John A. Cook

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Coogan, Michael David [= COT] 2006 The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures. New York: Oxford University Press. Coogan, Michael D., ed. [= COH] 1998 The Oxford History of the Biblical World. New York: Oxford University Press.

Ot 701 Biblical Aramaic, Bill T. Arnold

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Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1907. Repr., Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1979. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-1977. Rosenthal, Franz. A Grammar of Biblical Aramaic. 6th ed. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1995.

Nt 646 Hebrews, David R. Bauer

Syllabi

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Greek New Testament, or Interlinear Greek New Testament. It's Still Greek to Me, by David A. Black An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer

Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Stephen A. Seamands

Syllabi

Thomas Oden, The Living God The Word of Life Life in the Spirit Gregory Boyd & Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum Timothy Tennent, Theology in the Context of World Christianity

Nt 502 Comprehensive Greek Ii, Brad Johnson

Syllabi

Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. (BDAG) Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. (ISGM) Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. (LRNTG) Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. (GNT)

Nt 500 Concise Greek, Abson Predestin Joseph

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Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993)

Ot 714 Minor Prophets, John A. Cook

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J. Stevenson & W. H. C. Frend, ed., A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337, SPCK, 1987 J. Stevenson & W. H. C. Frend, ed., Creeds , Councils and Controversies: Documents illustrating the History of the Church AD 337-461, SPCK, 1989 History of Christian thought: Stuart G. Hall, Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church, SPCK, 1991 and Eerdmans, 1992

Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, Michael Mckeever

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A modern translation of the Bible, preferably the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), Revised Standard Version (RSV), or New American Standard Bible (NASB). Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2001. deSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 2000. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1995. Theissen, Gerd. The Shadow of the Galilean. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1987. Jeffers, James. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament. …

Nt 502 Comprehensive Greek Ii, Brad Johnson

Syllabi

Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. (BDAG) Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. (ISGM) Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. (LRNTG) Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. (GNT)

Nt 500 Concise Greek, Brad Johnson

Syllabi

Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. (BDAG) Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1989. (LBI) Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993. Wallace, Daniel B. The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2000. [This is an abridged version of Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics.] (BNTS)

Mb 610 Learning A Language And Culture, Dale F. Walker

Syllabi

Required books for the course: 1. Abbott, Edwin A. (1884; 1979) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. NY: Dover. 2. Agar, Michael (1994) Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation. NY: Quill. 3. Brewster, E. Thomas and Brewster, Elizabeth S. (1976) Language Learning Made Practical. Pasadena: Lingua House. 4. Marshall, Terry (1989) The Whole World Guide to Language Learning. Yarmouth: Intercultural Press. 5. Nida, Eugene A. (1960; 1990) Message and Mission: The Communication of the Christian Faith. Pasadena: Wm Carey. 6. Sandoz, Mari (1953; 1992) Cheyenne Autumn. Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press.

Nt 511 The Gospel Of Mark, David Loren Thompson

Syllabi

Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994.(=BSTW). This non–technical book will give us a quick overview of the terrain we will explore more precisely throughout the semester. • Longenecker, Bruce W. Lost Letters of Pergamum. Baker Academic, 200?

Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Thomas N. Buchan

Syllabi

T. Oden, The Living God, Systematic Theology: Volume One. (ISBN: 1598560379 / ISBN-13: 9781598560374) T. Oden, The Word Of Life, Systematic Theology: Volume Two. (ISBN: 9781598560 / ISBN-13: 9781598560381) T. Oden, Life In The Spirit, Systematic Theology: Volume Three. (ISBN: 1598560395 / ISBN-13: 9781598560398)

Nt 500 Concise Greek, William J. Patrick

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Black, David Allen. It's Still Greek to Me. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998). Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993). Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1994). BibleWorks (Hermeneutika) [Computer Software]

Ot 615 Minor Prophets, Brian D. Russell

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Walter Kaiser, Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Teaching and Preaching (Baker Academic, 1998) Paul D. Wegner, A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results (InterVarsity, 2006)

Nt 820 Research Methods In New Testament Interpretation, Fredrick J. Long

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1. Alexander, Patrick H., et al., eds. The SBL Handbook of Style for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 1999. [Henceforth, SBL Handbook of Style]. Download and consult the student supplement version online at http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/SBLHS_SS92804_Revised_ed.pdf 2. Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. [Henceforth, Booth et al., The Craft of Research] 3. By the Professor as PDF files to be sent via email to the seminar participants: a. STEP-UP Exegetical Manuel with Examples [Henceforth, STEP-UP] b. “Areas for Biblical Research …

Ot 632 Exegesis Of Ezekiel, John A. Cook

Syllabi

Hebrew Bible and lexicon required (as in 1. OT 501) Required commentaries (accessible or purchased) ONE of the following: Allen (1990 and 1994) (see bibliography below) Block (1997) 2 vols. (see bibliography below) Greenberg (1983 and 1997) (see biblography below)

Cs 632 Christian Min/Multi-Cultural Soc, Steve Ybarrola

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Angelou, Maya 1983 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN: 0553279378 Carroll, M. Daniel 2008 Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN: 080103566X. Crespo, Orlando 2003 Being Latino in Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 0830823743. Kazin, Alfred 1969 A Walker in the City. New York: Harvest Books. ISBN: 0156941767 Priest, Robert and Alvaro Nieves, eds. 2007 This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195310578. Scupin, Raymond, ed. 2003 Race and Ethnicity: An Anthropological Focus on the …

Do 670 United Methodist Theology, Stephen A. Seamands

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William Abraham, Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia Ted Campbell, Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials Thomas Langford, Practical Divinity, vol 1. Thomas Schmidt, Straight and Narrow: Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate Scott Kiser, Mainline or Methodist? William Willimon, United Methodist Beliefs: A Brief Introduction By Water and the Spirit (download at http://www.gbod.org/worship/articles/water_spirit/)

Kierkegaard And Natural Reason: A Catholic Encounter, Jack Mulder

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Ms 652 Christian Min/Multi-Cultural Soc, Steven Ybarolla

Syllabi

Angelou, Maya 1983 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN: 0553279378 Carroll, M. Daniel 2008 Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN: 080103566X. Crespo, Orlando 2003 Being Latino in Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 0830823743. Kazin, Alfred 1969 A Walker in the City. New York: Harvest Books. ISBN: 0156941767 Priest, Robert and Alvaro Nieves, eds. 2007 This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195310578. Scupin, Raymond, ed. 2003 Race and Ethnicity: An Anthropological Focus on the …

Leadership And Leadership Development In The Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Tanzania, Africa : An Investigation Into Practices And Processes In The Meru Diocese, Dale C. Williams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Personal Well-Being : Issues Vital To Longevity And Faithfulness In The Pastoral Ministry In The Trinity Annual Conference Of The Methodist Church In Malaysia, Hwai Teik Ong

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Asimilación : A Study Of Costa Rican Newcomers In Their Search For A Church, And The Church's Response To Them, Osias Segura-Guzmán

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Allan Coppedge

Syllabi

Thomas Oden, The Living God. ________, The Word Of Life. ________, Life In The Spirit. John Oswalt, Call To Be Holy. Mildred Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology. Allan Coppedge, The God Who is Triune Allan Coppedge, “Relational Life” (in mss. form)

The Wicked Wealthy In Isaiah 53:9, W. Creighton Marlowe

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Ot 615 Minor Prophets, David Loren Thompson

Syllabi

1. A standard contemporary English translation. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or some other contemporary, standard (non-paraphrasing) version such as The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, New American Standard Bible, with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. 2. A Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. Either Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990, or The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament. John Kohlenberger III, editor. Zondervan, 1993, or its equivalent. 3. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson. Do not use the 1982 edition for class! 4. An Annotated List of …